Misty Sea P09554-P00020 Mortise-and-tenon joinery and pegged construction

Mortise-and-tenon joinery and pegged construction for stability

silver-wire Spiga chain

The artist made the base by hand hammering flat metal into shape and welding it together

This lovely painting suggests the movement of prairie grasses in the Great Plains of the Midwest

When the pieces are dry they are painted with gesso on all sides to seal the paper

Misty Sea P09554-P00020 Mortise-and-tenon joinery and pegged constructionLight soft painting of a day out on a misty sea. Watercolor on paper, it's signed on the front. This lovely work ships unframed and unmatted, rolled in a protective tube. It is not ready to hang.